Arber Xhekaj Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Jake Evans

The pairing with Evans is the one that costs him: 37.1% of the expected goals together, 46.8% apart.

143 minutes together, 573 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Evans does better away from him: 48.5% of the expected goals apart against 37.1% together.

143 minutes together, 656 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Newhook is a different player beside him: 51.4% of the expected goals with Xhekaj, 43.1% without him.

100 minutes together, 394 minutes apart for Newhook

Alex Newhook is the partner who brings the best out of him

Xhekaj is at his best beside Newhook: 51.4% of the expected goals together against 44.0% apart.

100 minutes together, 616 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 2 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Xhekaj than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Juraj Slafkovský are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Xhekaj and Slafkovský: 4.15 expected goals an hour.

123 minutes together at 5v5

Alexandre Carrier is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Carrier than anyone: 306 minutes, worth 45.5% of the expected goals.

8 goals for, 15 against together

The goals go his team's way when Juraj Slafkovský is out there with him

With Slafkovský on the ice too, the Canadiens have outscored opponents 7 to 5 at 5v5.

58.3% goal share over 123 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Alex Newhook are out together

He gives up least beside Newhook: 3.52 expected goals against an hour.

100 minutes together at 5v5

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Xhekaj with Carrier, Demidov, Kapanen and Newhook, 36 minutes at 5v5.

39.8% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 3 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Xhekaj has been shuffled through 32 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Xhekaj this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Canadiens create 3.5 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Xhekaj on.

226th of 246 defencemen

His team keeps getting outscored while he is out there

The Canadiens score 42.6% of the 5v5 goals with Xhekaj out there.

23 for, 31 against, 201st of 246 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 98.7, close to neutral.

9.4% shooting and 89.3% goaltending behind him, 173rd of 246 defencemen

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Canadiens generate 45.0% of the expected goals with Xhekaj on the ice.

41.7 xGF to 51.0 xGA over 716 minutes, 199th of 246 defencemen

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

45.9% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Xhekaj is on.

245 for, 289 against, 198th of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 54.18 shot attempts an hour with Xhekaj on the ice at 5v5.

75th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Xhekaj's line owns 47.6% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

587 for, 647 against, 164th of 246 defencemen

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Canadiens are down 12 goals with Xhekaj on the ice.

24 for, 36 against, 155th of 245 defencemen

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

He gives up 4.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

99th of 246 defencemen

He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Xhekaj plays 11:25 a night, 307th among defencemen.

742 minutes across 65 games

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 9.38 penalty minutes an hour.

13th most penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 14.39 checks an hour.

63rd in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.16 times an hour.

826th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.23 shots on goal an hour.

764th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -8 on the season.

748th in the league

The points are not coming for him this season

Xhekaj produces 0.32 points an hour of ice time.

825th in the league

He finishes plays rather than starting them

He sets up 0.24 assists an hour of ice time.

793rd in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.08 goals an hour of ice time.

726th in the league

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.4 shots an hour of ice time.

331st in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.83 times an hour.

491st most giveaways an hour

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

48.8% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

61 of 125 attempts, 234th of 241 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 43.8 feet.

125 located attempts, 191st of 241 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

19.2% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

24 of 125 attempts, 192nd of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

19.2% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

24 attempts from inside the home plate, 186th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

32.8% of his attempts are the snap shot.

41 attempts, 0 goals

He gets almost nothing from long range

52.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

65 long-range attempts, 177th of 241 defencemen

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

54.4% of his attempts come from the left side.

68 left, 28 middle, 29 right

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Xhekaj has taken 125 shot attempts this season.

39 on goal, 24 missed, 61 blocked, 172nd of 241 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 10.1 attempts an hour of ice time.

125 attempts in 742 minutes, 90th of 245 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

62.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

40 of 64 unblocked, 139th of 241 defencemen

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Xhekaj has finished his check on Ryan Donato 4 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Dakota Joshua has hit him 6 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Scott Sabourin.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Scott Sabourin has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 24 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 2.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 40 shots, 190th of 241 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Xhekaj has 1 goals off 3.8 expected: 2.8 short of what the chances say.

171st of 241 defencemen

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